Quotes

Violence is the last refuge

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

— Isaac Asimov

All wars are fought

All wars are fought for money.

— Socrates

469-399 B.C.

All we are saying

All we are saying is give peace a chance

— John Lennon

An eye for an eye

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Meetings

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.

— Dave Barry

A democracy cannot exist

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years.

— Alexander Tyler

To test a man's character

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

— Abraham Lincoln

Nuclear war

Nuclear war would really set back cable.

— Ted Turner

To bring peace among brothers

When the star in the sky is gone,
When the Kings and Princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks
The real work of Christmas begins.

To find the lost
To heal the broken
To feed the hungry
To release the prisoners
To rebuild the nations
To bring peace among brothers
To make music in the heart.

— Nineteenth Century Quaker Benediction Traditionally Spoken at Christmas

Life is uncertain

Life is uncertain, always eat dessert first.

— Ernestine Ulmer
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